Today, 8 May 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, issued a statement in which she expressed her deep concern regarding the critical state of human …
Ministry of Justice’s NGO draft law:
Putting an end to the work of civil society
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies rejects in full the draft NGO law prepared by the Ministry of Justice. This draft law was the subject of a discussion in …
Release the Public Budget to the People… Now!
Continuing with the blackout approach by the regime, the Minister of Finance presents the 2013-2014 draft budget to the Shura Council without making it available to citizens. Early this April …
Human rights groups condemn the targeting and assault of individuals based on their identity in the Muqattam events
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned by reports and testimonies indicating that groups of demonstrators on Friday, 22 March, targeted individuals for the purpose of physically harming them. …
Bill restricting peaceful protest threatens to worsen confrontations between police and Egyptian people
Yesterday, 3 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a meeting held by the Shura Council to discuss the bill presented by the Cabinet to …
Egypt: Officials Turn Blind Eye to Port Said Police Abuses
Witnesses Describe Port Said Killings by Police
The newly appointed investigative judge looking into the January violence in Port Said should fully examine police responsibility for unlawful killings during the episode, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
Morsi’s government must withdraw bill to nationalize civil society from Shura Council and reject FJP bill to stifle human rights organizations
The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the authoritarian tendencies of President Mohamed Morsi’s party (the Freedom and Justice Party) and his government, illustrated by their lack of respect for international …
Twenty Five diplomatic missions and international organizations discuss repressive draft NGO law from Morsi’s government
Yesterday, January 25, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted a meeting at which several Egyptian human rights groups met with 25 representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations …
Egypt: 8 months after Dr. Mohamed Morsi assumed the presidency, the rapid deterioration of the state of human rights in Egypt must be halted
A review of the situation in Egypt over the last eight months raises serious concerns about the extent to which the state of human rights has rapidly deteriorated under the …